Combined corner-protector and lock for bags or satchels



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v A. PETERSON. COMBINED CORNER PROTEGTOR AND LOQK FOR-BAGS OR SATGHBLS.

N0. 372,762. Patented NOV. 8, 1887.

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ALBERT PETERSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

comsmto CORNER-PROTECTOR AND LOCK FOR BAGS 0R SATCHELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 372,762, dated November8, 1887.

Application filed August 1. 1887. Serial No. 245,789. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

7 Be it known that I, ALBERT PErEnsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigamhaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedGorner-Protectors and Locks'for Bags or Satchels, of which the followingis a specification, refer ence being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in combinedcorner-protectors and locks for bags or satchels; and the inventionconsists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination ofthe different parts, as hereinafter described, and 'set forth in theclaims.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure 1 isavertical central longitudinal section through the corner of thesatchel-bow having my device secured to it. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the device detached from the satchel, which is arranged for thereception of the device. Fig. 3is another vertical central longitudinalsection through the device detached, and with the lockinglever latchthrown open. Fig. 4 is a top plan, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan, with thelatch closed in both figures.

A and B are the two co operating bows of the satchel, to the roundingcorner of the outer one of which my device is intended to be attachedfor the purpose of preventing the satchel from spreading open by thepressure of the contents, and at the same time form a protection toprevent wearing or tearing of the material with which in the morehighly-finished articles of this kind the bows are covered. Thisprotection is provided by the curved plate 0, which is of correspondingshape and size with the corner of the bow to make a fit thereon, beingsecured thereto by rivets placed through the ends of the plate; and togive a finished appearance to the plate 0, I bevel the sides and endsand give it a finish on the exposed side. In one end of this piece isformed the recess D, within. which is concealed the plate E, so as togive the appearance of a complementary portion of the plate itself, withthe exception that a little recess is left at one end for the insertionof a fingernail to raise the plate E in the operation of the device, ashereinafter described. This plate E forms one part of alocking lever orlatch, and is fulcrumed by means of the rivet F passing laterallythrough the plate. The other arm of this locking lever or latch projectsbelow the plate, and has an angular bend, which brings the free end 'Jparallel, or nearly so, to the plate. This arm of the lever worksthrough a slot, G, provided in the bow of the satchel, to which theplate is secured. The locking-lever, being thus constructed, is held ina normally-closed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, by means of aspring, H, which is secured to the under side of the plate and engageswith its free end into a V-shaped recess formed on the locking-levernear thefulcrum, so arranged that the locking-lever will find a positionof rest when in an open p0- sition, (shown in Fig. 3,) but willimmediately snap to a closed position when slightly moved toward itsclosed position.

I is a beveled catch secured to the corner of the opposite bow B,coincident with the free end J of the locking-lever.

In practice, the parts being constructed and latch is self-closing-thatis, if the satchel is open, the bows have to be nearly'pressed togetherto have the catch engage with the free end of the lockinglever, and tostill further aid this operation the part J is also beveled off on thesame plane as the catch. By having the outer arm or plate, E, confinedupon its sides liable to be accidentally opened, and the corner-plate Gis strengthened thereby, and as the nail-hole for lifting it is at thelower end it is entirely concealed from View, and the secret of the lockis not easily detected by any uninitiated person, and thereby affordsadditional protection.

If preferred, the nail-hole may be brought down still farther to the endof the plate 0, so as to be still more concealed.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with a curvedcornerprotector, 0, having the recess D formed therein, a self-actinglocking-lever pivotally secured within that plate 0, and consisting ofthe'plate or arm E, adapted to form a complearranged as described, itwill be seen that the by the walls of the recess D the lever is less aan inwardly-projecting arm terminating in an angular bend,and parallel,or nearly so, to the corner-plate,and provided with a bevel, and a catchsecured to'the inner bow and having an inclined bevel, substantially asand for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 20

in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of July, 1887.

ALBERT PETERSON. \Vitnesses:

J AS. \Vurrrmronn. P. M. I'IULBERT.

